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paistre
paistre
Old French
Alternative forms
- pestre (rare)
Verb
paistre
- (of an animal) to graze (ingest grass and other plants)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of paistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | paistre | avoir peu | |||||
| gerund | en paissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | paissant | ||||||
| past participle | peu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pais | pais | paist | paissons | paissiez | paissent |
| imperfect | paissoie, paisseie | paissoies, paisseies | paissoit, paisseit | paissiiens, paissiens | paissiiez, paissiez | paissoient, paisseient | |
| preterite | poi | peüs | pot | peümes | peüstes | porent | |
| future | paistrai | paistras | paistra | paistrons | paistroiz, paistreiz, paistrez | paistront | |
| conditional | paistroie, paistreie | paistroies, paistreies | paistroit, paistreit | paistriiens, paistriens | paistriiez, paistriez | paistroient, paistreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | paisse | paisses | paisse | paissiens, paissons | paissiez | paissent |
| imperfect | peüsse | peüsses | peüst | peüssons, peüssiens | peüssoiz, peüssez, peüssiez | peüssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | pais | — | paissons | paissiez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: paître